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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Archimate</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is an open-standard enterprise architecture language from The Open Group, based on the IEEE 1471 standard. It offers a common language for describing the construction and operation of business processes, organizational structures, information flows, IT systems and technical infrastructure, enabling Enterprise Architects to describe, analyse and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Archimate in Enterprise Architect</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect enables you to develop Archimate diagrams quickly and simply, through use of an Archimate MDG Technology integrated with the Enterprise Architect installer. The Archimate facilities are provided in the form of:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">An Archimate diagram type, accessed through the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="newdiagrams.htm">New Diagram</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A set of </span><span class="f_UIControl">Archimate</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> pages in the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Archimate element and relationship entries in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="umltoolboxshortcutmenu.htm">UML Toolbox Shortcut</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="umltoolboxshortcutmenu.htm"> Menu</a> and </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="quick_links.htm">Quick Linker</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL2"><span class="f_SubHeadingL2">Archimate Toolbox Pages</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can access the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Archimate</span><span class="f_BodyText"> pages of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> through the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">More tools | Archimate</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="614" style="width:614px;"><p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The toolbox pages provide three categories of elements - Information, Behavior and Structure - and a page of connectors that are largely based on the UML connectors.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The appearance of elements can be modified with the use of Tagged Values, as suggested below:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">For Artifact, Process, Function, Interaction, Service, Event, Actor, Role, Collaboration, Interface, Component, Node and Device elements:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">iconstyle=true</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> shows the iconic representation of the element</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3" style="font-style: italic;">iconstyle=false</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> shows a rectangle with a decoration in the top corner</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">An Interface element (if </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">iconstyle=true</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">) can be </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">provided</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">required</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">symmetric</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> or </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">assembly</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, and can be rotated, by setting the Tagged Values</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A Function element (if </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">iconstyle=true</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">) can be rotated</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">An Actor element (if </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">iconstyle=false</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">) can be compound</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Process and Function elements can be marked </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">atomic</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Because there is a large range of Archimate elements, you should make good use of the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="quick_links.htm">Quick Linker</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> arrow to guide you in selecting appropriate source and target elements and relationship types to model your enterprise architecture.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Disable Archimate</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you prefer not to use Archimate in Enterprise Architect, you can disable it (and subsequently re-enable it) using the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="manage_mdg_technologies.htm">MDG Technologies</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog (</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Settings | MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_BodyText">).</span></p>
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